Technical Sales Engineer - North UK (remote with field-based account management)

KO2's client is seeking a Technical Sales Engineer to cover the North of England up to Scotland. This is a permanent, full-time role offering a salary of £55,000-£65,000, plus an 8% pension, and a performance-related bonus. The majority of the role involves field-based customer meetings; when not on the road, you can work from home.

Location and travel

• Territory: North UK - from Cheshire up to and including Scotland (North England, North Wales, and Scotland)
• Regular travel to customer sites and design reviews
• Location flexible within the North UK region; home-based working is supported when not with customers

KO2's client is a UK-based distributor and manufacturer of high-reliability electronic components. They specialise in passive, interconnect, power, magnetic, optoelectronic, semiconductor, and electromechanical components, serving aerospace, defence, space, rail, industrial, and other harsh-environment markets. The successful candidate will manage and grow a portfolio of North UK customers, providing technical and commercial support, supporting design activity, and converting opportunities into long-term business relationships.

Key responsibilities

• Territory management: Develop and grow a portfolio of existing customers while identifying new opportunities across the North UK region.
• Technical sales support: Provide application-level guidance, technical input during design/qualification phases, and assist with component selection.
• Customer engagement: Lead customer meetings, site visits, and design reviews to understand requirements and propose solutions.
• Opportunity development: Identify new projects, applications, and growth areas within existing and prospective accounts.
• Collaboration: Work closely with internal sales, product management, quality, and engineering teams to deliver coordinated support; liaise with suppliers as needed.
• Reporting: Maintain accurate activity, opportunity, and forecast records in internal systems.
• Market insight: Feed back market intelligence, competitor activity, and customer trends to the business.

Candidate profile Essential

• Proven experience in technical sales, applications engineering, or field sales within electronic components and high-reliability markets
• Strong technical understanding of electronic and/or electromechanical components
• Ability to communicate effectively with engineering and commercial stakeholders
• Experience managing a regional territory and working autonomously
• Commercial awareness with ability to support pricing, negotiation, and opportunity conversion
• Full, clean UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly
• Experience selling into defence, aerospace, space, rail, or industrial sectors
• Familiarity with qualification standards, approvals, or harsh-environment applications

Desirable

• Experience working with distributors and manufacturers in a technical sales capacity
• Knowledge of EN9120/ISO9001 environments

What we're offering

• Salary: £55,000-£65,000 per annum
• Pension: 8% employer contribution
• Bonus: Performance-related bonus (discretionary, aligned with company targets)
• Benefits: Competitive package xbpsjku and benefits typical of a technical sales role
• Work pattern: Primarily field-based with significant customer-facing time; home-based when not visiting customers
• Career development: Opportunities to work with leading suppliers and blue-chip customers, and to deepen technical expertise in high-reliability components

Why join KO2's client

• Be part of a well-established UK-based company with over 50 years of technical expertise
• Support technically demanding customers and long-term programmes
• Work with market-leading suppliers and high-profile customers
• Join a supportive, technically capable team with strong depth in engineering
• Autonomy over your territory with a balanced travel pattern

How to apply If you are an experienced Technical Sales Engineer who thrives in a consultative, solutions-led environment and is motivated by building long-term customer partnerships across a broad North UK region, we'd like to hear from you.

Please submit your CV and a brief note describing your relevant experience and why you are a good fit for this North UK role.